À propos de ce cours : In this six-week capstone course, you will gain practical management experience in a safe, simulated software production setting. You will apply Agile practices and techniques to conquer industry-inspired challenges. Interacting with a realistic client, you will discern what they want and express what they truly need in software requirements to drive software production. Upon completing the capstone, you will be prepared to advance your career as a confident software product management professional.

Créé par : University of Alberta

Enseigné par : Kenny Wong, Associate Professor
Computing Science, Faculty of Science

Informations de base	Cours 6 de 6 dans Software Product Management Specialization
Engagement	6 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week
Langue	English
Comment réussir	Réussissez tous les devoirs notés pour terminer le cours.
Notes des utilisateurs	4.8 étoiles Note moyenne des utilisateurs 4.8Voir ce que disent les étudiants

Programme de cours

SEMAINE 1

Capstone Project - Week 1

Welcome to the first week of the capstone. This week, you will be primarily focusing on eliciting requirements. You will get to meet your client as well as collaborate with an expert advisor. You will also meet the development team that you will be working with. They will help you to clarify and elaborate on the information elicited from the client and expert. You will finish off the week by creating a Requirements Document.

6 vidéos, 14 lectures

Reading: Meet Your Facilitator – Christopher Djuric
Reading: Software Product Management Capstone: Open Study Guide
Reading: Course Map: Software Product Management Capstone
Vidéo: 0.1 Introduction
Reading: 0.2 Tutorial: Capstone Introduction
Reading: 0.3 Software Product Management Capstone Community Guidelines
Vidéo: 0.4 Plagiarism
Reading: 0.6 Discussion Forum: Introduce Yourself
Reading: 0.7 Capstone Assignments Time Estimates
Reading: 0.8 Resource: Software Product Manager Job Posting
Reading: 1.1 Email: Greetings from Inukshuk Books
Reading: 1.2 Tutorial: Decision Tree
Reading: 1.3 Decision Tree: Meeting the Client
Reading: 1.4 Decision Tree: Expert Advisor Meeting
Reading: 1.5 Email: TedTalk Video
Vidéo: 1.6 Video Simulation: Development Team Introduction (Monday)
Vidéo: 1.7 Video Simulation: Development Team Meeting (Monday)
Vidéo: 1.8 Tutorial: Google Docs Tutorial (Video Tutorial)
Reading: 1.9 Tutorial: Google Docs Tutorial (Written Tutorial)

Noté: 0.5 Plagiarism Quiz

Noté: 1.10 Assignment: Requirements Document (Graded)

SEMAINE 2

Capstone Project - Week 2

Now that the requirements are elicited, it’s now time to start refining those user stories! This week, you will conduct Requirements Technical Reviews on your peers Requirements Documents. You will also discuss risks with the development team and generate a risk plan.

1 vidéo, 1 lecture

Reading: 2.5 Email: Removing Android

Noté: 2.1 Assignment: Requirements Technical Review - Part 1 (Graded)

Noté: 2.2 Assignment: Requirements Technical Review - Part 2 (Graded)

Noté: 2.4 Assignment: Risk Plan (Graded)

SEMAINE 3

Capstone Project - Week 3

There’s a lot of work to be done this week to prepare for the first sprint. User stories need to be prioritized and assessed for risks, release and iteration plans need to be created, and design needs to begin. You will work with your team to get everything ready so that Sprint 1 can start promptly next week!

1 vidéo, 8 lectures

Reading: 3.1 Resource: Project Requirements/User Stories
Reading: 3.2 Email: Size Estimates and Dependencies
Reading: 3.3 Tutorial: Prioritization Template
Reading: 3.4 Decision Tree: Prioritization Meeting
Reading: 3.5 Email: Risk Assessment
Reading: 3.7 Exercise: Week 3 Release Planning
Reading: 3.9 Resource: Week 3 Project Release Plan (Proposed Solution)
Reading: 3.11 Email: Task Breakdown

Noté: 3.6 Assessment: Prioritization (Graded)

Noté: 3.8 Assignment: Week 3 Release Plan (Graded)

Noté: 3.12 Assignment: Iteration Plan for Sprint 1 (Graded)

Noté: 3.13 Assignment: Product Wireframe (Graded)

SEMAINE 4

Capstone Project - Week 4

This is your first development sprint! You will have stand-up meetings with the development team. Your team will also demo the product to the client and expert at the end of the week. There will be issues that need solving, plans to make for the next sprint, and monitoring that will need to be done!

5 vidéos, 5 lectures

Reading: 4.2 Email: Acceptance Tests
Vidéo: 4.4 Simulation: Office Chat Conversation (Thursday)
Vidéo: 4.5 Video Simulation: Standup Meeting (Friday)
Vidéo: 4.6 Video Simulation: Client Demo and Backlog Refinements (Friday)
Vidéo: 4.8 Video Simulation: Sprint Retrospective (Friday)
Reading: 4.9 Resource: Sprint 1 Retrospective - Meeting Minutes
Reading: 4.10 Exercise: Week 4 Release Planning
Reading: 4.12 Resource: Week 4 Project Release Plan (Proposed Solution)
Reading: 4.14 Email: Iteration Plan Explanation

Noté: 4.3 Assignment: Writing Acceptance Criteria and Tests

Noté: 4.7 Assignment: Iteration Burndown Sprint 1 (Graded)

Noté: 4.11 Assignment: Week 4 Release Plan (Graded)

Noté: 4.13 Assignment: Iteration Plan for Sprint 2 (Graded)

SEMAINE 5

Capstone Project - Week 5

This is Sprint 2 of development. Similar to last week, there will be standups and other meetings. The team will also demo the product at the end of the sprint. You will be expected to monitor the progress of the project and prepare a plan for the third and final sprint--but a surprise twist at the end of the sprint might require you to be agile.

6 vidéos, 3 lectures

Vidéo: 5.3 Video Simulation: Standup Meeting (Wednesday)
Vidéo: 5.4 Video Simulation: Standup Meeting (Friday)
Vidéo: 5.5 Video Simulation: Client Demo (Friday)
Vidéo: 5.6 Video Simulation: Backlog Refinement (Friday)
Reading: 5.7 Exercise: Week 5 Release Planning
Reading: 5.9 Resource: Week 5 Project Release Plan (Proposed Solution)
Vidéo: 5.11 Video Simulation: Sprint Retrospective (Friday)
Reading: 5.12 Resource: Sprint 2 Retrospective - Meeting Minutes (Friday)

Noté: 5.2 Assignment: Risk Plan Update (Graded)

Noté: 5.8 Assignment: Week 5 Release Plan (Graded)

Noté: 5.10 Assignment: Release Burndown (Graded)

Noté: 5.13 Assignment: Iteration Plan for Sprint 3 (Graded)

SEMAINE 6

Capstone Project - Week 6

With the trade show quickly approaching, you will need to work with the team to create an impressive working demo by the end of this sprint. With the added pressure, issues may arise. Will the team get the product completed in time?

5 vidéos, 5 lectures

Reading: 6.2 Decision Tree: Loose Cannon
Vidéo: 6.3 Video Simulation: Standup Meeting (Friday)
Vidéo: 6.4 Video Simulation: Client Demo (Friday)
Reading: 6.6 Supplemental Reading: Release Burndown Solution
Vidéo: 6.7 Video Simulation: Project Retrospective
Reading: 6.8 Resource: Project Retrospective - Meeting Minutes
Vidéo: 6.10 Congratulations on completing the Capstone
Reading: Discussion Forum: Your Specialization Experience
Reading: Acknowledgements

Noté: 6.5 Assignment: Release Burndown (Graded)

Noté: 6.9 Assignment: Personal Project Retrospective (Graded)

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